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The Book of the Lion

Set in medieval England and the Middle East, the story follows a young apprentice named Edmund, who has joined Richard Lionheart's forces in the Holy Land. Cadnum brings the twelfth century vividly to life in hand-to-hand warfare, as well as one of the classic horse and lance battles in history, the Battle of Arsuf.

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17-year-old Edmund finds himself traveling to the Holy Land as squire to a knight crusader on his way to join the forces of Richard the Lionheart.